List of Nominees: ACA Awards and Global OTT Awards at the 29th Busan International Film Festival

The annual Busan International Film Festival will hold its 29th edition next month, October, and one of its programs is the Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards ceremony. It will be held on October 6, 2024, at the BIFF Theater in Busan.

The Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (ACA & G.OTT Awards) meant to recognize the excellence of global content across all media platforms, including TV, Over-the-top (OTT or those dramas aired on streaming platforms), and online. 

Submissions in 2024, according to the Busan International Film Festival website, reached more than 200 from 16 countries. After a thorough evaluation by 12 preliminary judges worldwide, 41 works from 10 countries have been selected as the final nominees in 11 competitive categories. 

Here are the nominees from each category:

1. BEST CREATIVE:

• Blossoms Shanghai (Tencent, China)
• Cigarette Girl (Netflix, Indonesia)
• Daily Dose of Sunshine (Netflix, South Korea)
• Enigma (GMMTV, Thailand)
• A Killer Paradox (Netflix, South Korea)
• Vivant (TBS, Japan)

2. BEST OTT Original (Over-the-top means streaming platforms):

• Boyhood (Coupang Play, South Korea)
• Death's Game (TVING, South Korea)
• The Double (Youku, China)
• GG PrecinctL Season 1( Netflix, Taiwan)
• Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar (Netflix, India)
• Uncle Samsik (Disney+, South Korea)

3. BEST ASIAN DRAMA CONTENTS:

• 1286 (Salem Entertainment, Kazakhstan)
• Imperfect Us (PTS, Taiwan)
• Imperfect Victim (iQIYI, China)
• To The Wonder (iQIYI, China)
• The Last Bout (Mediacorp/Verite Prod, Singapore)
• Shut Up (Telepack, Japan)

4. BEST LEAD ACTOR:

• Hu Ge for Blossoms Shanghai (China)
• Yim Si-wan for Boyhood (South Korea)
• Hsu Kuang-han for GG Precinct: Season 1 (Taiwan)
• Choi Woo-shik for A Killer Paradox (South Korea)
• Wu Kang Ren for Living (Taiwan)
• Cho Jin-woong for No Way Out: The Roulette (South Korea)
• Sakai Masato for Vivant (Japan)

5. BEST LEAD ACTRESS:

• Dian Sastrowardoyo for Cigarette Girl (Indonesia)
• Ariel Lin for Imperfect Us (Taiwan)
• Park Bo-young for Daily Dose of Sunshine (South Korea)
• Nikaido Fumi for Eye Love You (Japan)
• Zhou Xun for Imperfect Victim (China)
• Kim Hye Yoon for Lovely Runner (South Korea)

6. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Arya Saloka for Cigarette Girl (Indonesia)
• Kai Ko for Imperfect Us (Taiwan)
• Lee Hee-jun for A Killer Paradox (South Korea)
• Ahn Jae-hong for Mask Girl (South Korea)
• Lee Kwang-soo for No Way Out: The Roulette (South Korea)
• Ayano Go for Yu Yu Hakusho (Japan)

7. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Du Juan for Blossoms Shanghai (China)
• Yeom Hye-ran for Mask Girl (South Korea)
• Kani Kusruti for Poacher (India)
• Moon Lee for The Victim's Game: S2 (Taiwan)
• Kim Hyoung-seo for The Worst of Evil (South Korea)

8. BEST NEWCOMER ACTOR:

• Win Metawin for Enigma (Thailand)
• Chae Jong-hyeop for Eye Love You (South Korean but Eye Love You is a Japanese drama)
• Kim Yo-han for A Killer Paradox (South Korea)
• Byeon Woo-seok for Lovely Runner (South Korea)
• Tseng Jing-hua for The Victim's Game: S2 (Taiwan)
• Anson Kong for Warriors Within (Hong Kong)

9. BEST NEWCOMER ACTRESS:

• Zhang Jingyi for Blossoms in Adversity (China)
• Jeon So-nee for Parasyte: The Grey (South Korea)
• Nimura Sawa for Shut Up (Japan)
• Jo Yoonsu for The Tyrant (South Korea)
• Tiffany Young for Uncle Samsik (South Korea)

10. BEST DIRECTOR:

• Alisher UTEV for 1286 (Kazakhstan)
• Kamila Andini, Ifa Isfansyah for Cigarette Girl (Indonesia)
• Patha Thongpan for Enigma (Thailand)
• Lim Daehyung, Jeon Go-woon for LTNS (South Korea)
• Park Hoonjung for The Tyrant (South Korea)

11. BEST WRITER:

• Ju Hwa-mi for The Atypical Family (South Korea)
• Mag Hsu for Imperfect Us (Taiwan)
• Yamanishi Tatsuya for Shut Up (Japan)
• Teng Congcong, Peng Yining for To The Wonder (China)
• Park Kyung-su for The Whirlwind (South Korea)

12. BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

• Sakal Ban for Heeramandi (India)
• Learn to Live Again for Imperfect Us (Taiwan)
• Sudden Shower for Lovely Runner (South Korea)
• Let's Try for Only Friends (Thailand)